Scientific Name	Argyropelecus aculeatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Valenciennes, 1850	Depth	100 - 600M
Chinese	棘銀斧魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	褶胸魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F180　Sternoptychidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	棘銀斧魚
Max Length	7.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	斧魚、海洋斧魚、銀斧
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North East
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Azores, Portugal, eastern Atlantic
Synonyms	Argyropelachus aculeatus, Argyropelachus amabilis, Argyropelecus acanthurus, Argyropelecus amabilis, Argyropelecus antrorsospinus, Argyropelecus caninus, Argyropelecus micracanthus, Sternoptychides amabilis
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；張君欣碩士論文(2004)；Fishbase(2004)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0057145. ASIZP0057286. ASIZP0057985. ASIZP0060222. ASIZP0062175. ASIZP0062972. ASIZP0062973. ASIZP0063002. ASIZP0063003. ASIZP0063005. ASIZP0063006. ASIZP0063007. ASIZP0064204. ASIZP0064209. ASIZP0065009. ASIZP0065010. ASIZP0066982. ASIZP0067728. ASIZP0070262. ASIZP0070264. FRIP03010. NMMBP05504. NTUM06261. ZMUCP206632-*.
Common Name	Silver hatchetfish; Atlantic silver hatchetfish; Hatchetfish; Lovely hatchetfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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